Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties.
Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage.
Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence.
For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independence.
Description
Would you like to work for a great employer?
Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150
Best Employers ****
.
Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity.
We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.
We are currently seeking a highly-motivated
Social Care Worker
to join our team in our
Adult Respite Service
,
Ard na Mara, Ladysbridge, Co Cork
.
Contract Type:
Permanent
Contract Hours:
19.5 hours per week (part time)
Salary Scale:
€39,160 to €54,746 pro rata per annum.
Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments)
Annual Leave Entitlement
: 31/32/34 days pro rata
Overview of the Post
To work as part of the team in Ard NaMara (Adult Respite Services) and to support the Person in Charge in providing a quality service to adults with disabilities availing of respite.
Assisting Service Owners to plan for and direct their supports to meet their personal goals during respite, and to support service owners in making connections within their local community.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities
See full Job Description.
The successful candidate will have
Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition: Hold professional registration on the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board at CORU.
(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability, for the proper discharge of the role.
Experience and Competencies
Experience in contributing to the development of personal plans.
Has experience and knowledge of the role of a key worker.
Experience of delivering personal care to adults.
Experience of assisting adults with medical needs / administering medication.
Experience of engaging in professional supervision.
Experience of working with adults with disabilities including physical/intellectual/ASD/behaviours of concern.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Experience in taking leadership in the development of personal plans.
Experience in responding to complaints.
Benefits
Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
Generous annual leave entitlements.
Long service reward scheme.
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave.
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave.
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave.
Closing date for applications
Before noon Thursday 28th May ****
Additional Information
The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position.
Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant's personal information.
Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with:
1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and
2) the interview panel (if applicable).
Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy.
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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